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Our good friend and owner of the Enchanted Hideaway Lodge, Gretchen Lee passed away Sunday, June 6th. She was well known throughout the community of Navajo Dam and the San Juan River. She had the biggest heart and the softest spot in it was for dogs. She rescued dozens and often took in the ones no one else wanted. As a huge lover of dogs myself, Saint Gretchen will always occupy a soft spot in my heart. Those who knew this wonderful woman will surely miss her. Her lodge in Navajo Dam is currently open for business. Still a great place to stay, especially if you get the Stone House and share it with a few fishing buddies.
The New Mexico Game and Fish Department is putting the results of hunting license drawings online strarting June 9th. Hunters who applied for 2010-2011 deer, elk, antelope, ibex, javelina, bighorn sheep and Barbary sheep licenses can check drawing results on the department's website, www.wildlife.state.nm.us.
The annual Spring River Cleanup on the Pecos will be on Saturday, June 26! Please meet us at the Upper Pecos Watershed Association office at 78 S. Main Street in Pecos at 9:00 am. Come get coffee, pastries and to your cleanup assignments. Bags, gloves and safety vests will be provided. We will be giving away stainless steel water bottles to all volunteers! The BBQ picnic will be at the Jamie Koch Pavilion following the cleanup at 12 noon. Pecos River BBQ Company will be doing the cooking (food will be donated)! We will also be having a bucket raffle with great prizes. If you have items you would like to donate for the bucket raffle, or would like more information please call the UPWA office at 757-3600 and speak to Rachel or Lexy.
No High Spring Peak Release this year on the San Juan River. The latest Water Supply Forecast for Water Year 2010 has been issued and the April through July inflow into Navajo Lake is forecasted to be at 89% of normal. Given this forecast, there will not be a spring peak release this year. It's a little unfortunate that the river won't see a scouring this year and flush out some of the accumulated sand and silt. The upside is that there shouldn't be a dip in business for the San Juan guides. The high spring release often keeps anglers away despite the fact that fishing is very good during the event.
The Pecos National Historical Park and the Valles Caldera National Preserve operate fishing progrgams on their respective properties. The summer fishing season at Pecos NHP starts on June 24th. To get a fishing day on Pecos National Historical Park, see their website at http://www.nps.gov/peco/planyourvisit/fishing.htm or call 505-757-7272. The Valles Caldera opened up to fishing on May 22nd. They no longer have the lottery system in place. To reserve a space, you can call, visit the website, or take a chance and walk-on before 7:00 am: See the Caldera's website at http://vallescaldera.gov/ for more details.
